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Fema / RBI : Key differences between the 2024 and 2002 Foreign Exchange Compounding Rules under FEMA, including revised limits, fees, and digit...
Fema / RBI : his article discusses FEMA's goals, structure, and its major role in regulation of foreign investments in India's capital markets....
Fema / RBI : RBI clarifies bank deposit rules: interest-free accounts, reinvestments, staff benefits, premature withdrawal penalties, and accou...
Fema / RBI : RBI clarifies pension payment rules: joint accounts, life certificates, delayed payments, and withdrawal procedures for incapacita...
Fema / RBI : Learn about FC-TRS form filing, foreign investment types, RBI compliance, and penalties for delayed reporting under FEMA regulatio...
Fema / RBI : RBI strengthens regulation of cooperative banks with fraud management rules, governance reforms, and an ombudsman under amended ba...
Fema / RBI : Explore challenges faced by first-time borrowers and informal sector workers due to limited CIBIL scores, and measures to improve ...
Fema / RBI : New FEMA rules allow settlement of foreign exchange violations with penalties up to ₹5 crore. Pending cases will follow earlier ...
Fema / RBI : Rupee hit ₹86.70/USD in January 2025, its lowest level. Factors include global economic trends, US elections, and forex reserve ...
Fema / RBI : The Indian Rupee has depreciated against the US Dollar over the past decade. The government explains causes, trade impacts, and RB...
Fema / RBI : Madras High Court upholds RBI's Net Owned Fund (NOF) rules for NBFCs, affirming compliance requirements and rejecting challenges t...
Fema / RBI : Delhi High Court upholds RBI's FEMA penalty on an OCI cardholder for unauthorized agricultural land purchase in India, citing due ...
Fema / RBI : Present appeal has been filed by the appellant mainly contesting that whether the Tribunal was right in holding that there has bee...
Fema / RBI : Delhi High Court held that petitioner is duly entitled for the grant of duty drawback since the export proceeds have been realised...
Fema / RBI : Delhi High Court sets aside RBI's cancellation of NBFC registration for failure to meet Rs. 200 Lakh NOF, directs fresh review of ...
Fema / RBI : RBI cuts repo rate by 25 bps to 6%. Standing Liquidity Facility for Primary Dealers now available at the revised rate as per April...
Fema / RBI : RBI reduces Bank Rate to 6.25%. Penal interest on CRR and SLR shortfalls adjusted accordingly. Effective from April 9, 2025....
Fema / RBI : Reserve Bank of India reduces the policy repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.00% with immediate effect, adjusting SDF and MSF rates ...
Fema / RBI : RBI withdraws 20 circulars related to cheque processing and customer service as part of regulatory simplification under RRA 2.0 re...
Fema / RBI : Ministry of Finance notifies the fourth phase of Regional Rural Bank (RRB) amalgamation, consolidating 26 RRBs into larger entitie...
RBI like to state that RBL bank is well capitalised and the financial position of RBL bank remains satisfactory. As per half yearly audited results as on September 30, 2021, the bank has maintained a comfortable Capital Adequacy Ratio of 16.33 per cent and Provision Coverage Ratio of 76.6 per cent.
The timeline for storing of CoF data is extended by six months, i.e., till June 30, 2022; post this, such data shall be purged; and in addition to tokenisation, industry stakeholders may devise alternate mechanism(s) to handle any use case (including recurring e-mandates, EMI option, etc.) or post-transaction activity (including chargeback handling, dispute resolution, reward / loyalty programme, etc.)
Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) which was enacted by the Parliament has substituted the Foreign Exchange Regulations Act, 1973. FEMA came into effect on 1st June, 2000. The importance of foreign exchange reserves was felt by the Exchange Control of India in the year 1939 as there was a huge shortage of it
It has now been decided to make scheduled payments banks and scheduled small finance banks eligible to conduct Government agency business. Any payment bank or small finance bank that intends to undertake Government agency business may be appointed as an agent of RBI upon execution of an agreement with RBI, provided that the overarching regulatory framework prescribed for these banks is complied with.
The objective of the PCA Framework is to enable Supervisory intervention at appropriate time and require the Supervised Entity to initiate and implement remedial measures in a timely manner, so as to restore its financial health.
AD Category-I banks shall have the required systems in place to capture the LEI information and ensure that any LEI captured is validated against the global LEI database available on the website of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF).
As announced in the Governor’s Statement dated December 08, 2021, it is proposed to return to the normal dispensation. Accordingly, banks will be able to dip into the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) up to two percent of NDTL instead of three percent for overnight borrowing under the MSF with effect from January 1, 2022.
Currently, the benchmark rate for Foreign Currency (FCY) External Commercial Borrowings (ECB)/Trade Credit (TC) is specified as 6-months LIBOR rate or any other 6-month interbank interest rate applicable to the currency of borrowing. In view of the imminent discontinuance of LIBOR, any widely accepted interbank rate or alternative reference rate (ARR) applicable to the currency of borrowing may be used as a benchmark, post discontinuation.
The reverse repo rate under the LAF remains unchanged at 3.35 per cent and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 4.25 per cent.
Policy repo rate remains unchanged at 4 per cent, and the stance remains accommodative as long as necessary to revive and sustain growth on a durable basis and continue to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the economy
